The staffs at the Children's Advocacy Center and Help-In-Crisis ask area residents to turn on their headlights during the day and their porch lights at night on April 26 to raise awareness about child abuse and sexual assault. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The agencies are also holding a poster contest for school children with the theme "Shine the Light on Child Abuse." Poster winners will be announced and prizes awarded at a candle light vigil at 7 p.m. April 26 at the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library gazebo in Sallisaw. For information contact the advocacy center at 776-0974 or Help-In-Crisis at 775-3300.
Brushy Elementary School will be enrolling and screening students for the Early Childhood Education Program (re-kindergarten) from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. April 25 and 26. Students must be 4 years old on or before Sept. 1. Parents wishing to enroll students must bring the child's birth certificate, immunization record, Social Security Card and CDIB and Sooner Care card if available.
Muldrow Public Schools Title VII Indian Education Parent Committee will hold an open meeting in the board conference room in the school superintendent's office at 4 p.m. Thursday. All parents of Title VII students are invited to attend.
Employees of City National Bank, located in the Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Sallisaw, is holding a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society's Sequoyah County Relay for Life. Employees are accepting donations and for every $1 given, the donor will receive a balloon to attach the name of a deceased cancer victim, a cancer patient or a cancer survivor. Bank employees will release the balloons at a later date.
The Long Cemetery annual meeting and cleanup day will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at the community building. Cemetery caretakers ask that all flowers be removed before Saturday so that mowing can resume.
Supporters of the Blackgum Fire Department Community Building and Training Center are selling ribs to raise money for the center. The ribs will be cooked by James Simmons on April 26, and will be $15 per rack. To place an order contact Carol Armstrong at (918) 489-5367, Freeda Davis at (918) 773-8547, or Kathy Rolston at (918) 774-0775.
A bean dinner to benefit the Blackgum Fire Department will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. April 26 at the Blackgum Community Building, two and a half miles west of McQuicks on State Highway 100. Meals will be $5 for adults and $3 for children.
A representative from the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs will be at the Sallisaw Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4518 the first and third Monday of each month. The representative will visit with veterans and their families from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. to assist with claims and benefits. For more information contact Tom Long at 775-6952 or at 775-2126.
The Garrison Creek Riders will sponsor a Ranch Rodeo at 2 p.m. Saturday at their arena on U.S. Highway 64 between Muldrow and Roland. For more information call (918) 427-1794 or (918) 427-4259.
A meeting to elect officers for the Gans Cemetery group will be held at 7 p.m. April 28 at Gans Town Hall. All those interested are invited to attend.
The town of Paradise Hill will hold its annual town meeting at 2 p.m. April 30 at the West Tenkiller Fire Department. The agenda includes the election of a town trustee, who will serve for the next four years; a decision on money for the fire department; a new sign for the town; and remarks from town residents.
The Sallisaw High School Drama Department will present the play "A Danish Soap or The Danes of Our Lives," a one-act comedy, at 7 p.m. on both Friday and Tuesday at the Tommie Spear Middle School Auditorium. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students. Admission is free for children 5 and under.
